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But FEAR NOT if not possible for you to join 'live' in your location at those times, as the entire sitting is recorded in 'REAL TIME' and available for full participation 'on demand' at any time after that, no different from the 'live' sitting :

As you can see, our Zazenkai consists of chanting the 'Heart Sutra' in English (the words are at the link below), some full floor prostrations in sets of three (please follow along with me ... or a simple Gassho can be substituted if you wish), followed by our Dedication, Zazen twice for 30 minutes each, with 10 minutes of Kinhin in between, and we end the sitting with 'The Verse of Atonement' and 'The Four Vows'.

Please download and print out the words of the Chants we will recite at the following link:

Re: June 18th, 2011 Treeleaf Weekly Zazenkai (in memory of Joko)

Hi all,

Thanks to all those who sat with me! It was another silent sit, save for my children running themselves ragged outside the door. I hope the sound makes it onto the recording...but of course, we sit with what is!

Re: June 18th, 2011 Treeleaf Weekly Zazenkai (in memory of Joko)

Thank you to all sitters past, present, and future. Jundo Sensei, considering your stones and resulting treatment you must still not be back to 100%. Thank you for sitting with us in spite of it all!
Since this Zazenkai was in dedication to Joko Sensei I decided to sit in silence rather than going back to rerun an earlier one with sound. One thing that came to me afterwards was how lucky we are to be hearing enabled! Some people spend not just one Zazenkai but their whole life in silence.